Replica of the structural color for Papilio blumei butterfly

Mei Ling Lo, Wen Hsin Li, Shao Ze Tseng, Sheng Hui Chen, Chia Hua Chan, Cheng Chung Lee

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Abstract

Although the physics of structural color has been investigated, it remains a challenge to create artificial replicas of the natural photonic crystal structure. The concave multilayer replica of Papilio blumei butterflies is successfully fabricated by the following three main steps: self assembly of polystyrene spheres, deposition using an electron-beam gun, and inductively coupled plasma etching. The green iridescence of the wings of P. blumei is successfully reproduced.

Original languageEnglish
Article number12155SSP
JournalJournal of Nanophotonics
Volume7
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • butterfly
  • electron-beam gun deposition
  • iridescence
  • nanostructure
  • photonic crystal
  • structure color
  • thin-film

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